March 20. It was cold last night and early this morning. But the Lord sent sunshine, and things soon warmed up. I was awakened a couple times in the night with a coughing spell so what sleep I was getting was interrupted. Consequently, I did not wake up this morning until I heard the lotu bell from down below. Got up and warmed up pancakes for my breakfast. Cut up an apple, and made some apple syrup to go on my pancakes. Had quiet time. By then it was about 7:30, a half hour past time for lotu to start. There were just a couple people here, but not the preacher. Daddy had David start the singing. Tomas came in about 10 minutes later. He said he just got back from Pinata yesterday afternoon and was really tired and was getting a cold too so did not wake up early this morning. He had a good message, using the little tract booklet on faith, and teaching on what faith is. It is a blessing to see how he thinks through the things that he reads in the booklets and tries to help others understand them too. The school kids had said they wanted to practice choir music today, but quite a few of them have gone off somewhere so we did not have practice. Dallas and Phinehas stayed and practiced keyboard. While they were practicing, I finished up an e-mail to Christy and Connie and then sent it off.

Daddy decided to go for a walk so I decided to go too. It was such a nice morning, and the sunshine felt so good. Daddy took the upper trail to the top of the airstrip and then came back down. I took the cross trail over to the airstrip and then came back to the yard. (That is the farthest I have ventured away from the house in a good while.) Walked around the yard a bit before coming back into the house. Decided that a cranberry Emergen-C would taste good after I had been out in the sunshine. After that I swept our bedroom before sitting down again at the computer. Wanted to get as much done as I could on the updates so I could get them sent out this evening. About ten to twelve I went to the kitchen to warm up leftovers for dinner. Then I remembered that I was supposed to peel and cook carrots. It didn’t take too long to get them peeled, and they don’t take long to cook so we didn’t have to wait too long for our dinner. By the time we went to nap, the weather had started changing. A cool wind was blowing in so we had to shut some of the windows. It had turned quite chilly and was all overcast by the time we got up from nap. It is raining this evening. This afternoon, I worked more on the updates. And this evening, I am trying to send them off, but they seem to be having a hard time going out. Also finished a keyboard test for Dallas and Phinehas to take on Friday and got that printed out. Need to print out more music pages for them to practice too. “….one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.” John 9:25b March 21. Slept in until about 6:15 this morning. Fixed hot rice cereal for breakfast. Had quiet time and walked a little bit. Phinehas came and practiced keyboard. He said Dallas said he was going to come and then go to the kunai later, but he must have changed his mind. He never showed up. I worked on math lesson plans and got those done. Then Daddy and I went for a little walk. The Lord gave us a lovely sunny morning with lots of blue sky. The sun felt good, although the air was still somewhat cool at 9:30 this morning. Came back and had a drink and snack. Then got busy at the computer. About 11:15, I went for a morning nap. Up about noon and warmed up our dinner. After dinner, I worked on school lessons in the computer for a while. Then sorted and washed greens that Reson had brought today. Washed some green onions too. Worked a little more on school lessons. Had a snack. Then cut up the greens and onions and got them ready to be cooked later. (Oops! I almost forgot that they had to be cooked so just went and turned on the burner.) They will be for our dinner tomorrow. About the middle of the afternoon, the weather turned cool and very windy, and a big storm came up. Strong winds blew from the south, and heavy rain fell. Quite a bit of water blew into the house through the south windows. We kept busy finding rags and mopping up water until the storm finished. After that, I had my afternoon nap. I could hear lots of thunder rumbling and rolling on and on and on. Sounded like we were in an Imax with surround sound. After nap, I started making some whole wheat crackers and some healthy cookies for me to have for snacks. Stopped to fix supper and eat. Then put the crackers in the oven and got the cookies put onto the cookie sheets. They just finished cooking. Got the dishes done and printed out some music sheets to give my keyboard students tomorrow. “2But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 3To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and leadeth them out. 4And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. 5And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.” John 10:2-5 March 22. Praise the Lord for giving me a little better sleep last night. I’ve been asking the Lord for a little more sleep at night, but have told Him I’ll be thankful for whatever sleep He gives me. The Lord sent us more rain during the night, and it is raining now. He did give us a nice sunny morning again, but I did not get to go out for a walk this morning. A little before time to go out walking, Phinehas and Dallas showed up for their keyboard lesson. I was actually glad they came early as class was a fair bit longer today. We played a game first to review the terms they have learned, and then they had a test - their first test. Phinehas did really well; and Dallas did pretty well, but got his alphabet mixed up - g before f, so he missed quite a few points on writing the letter names of the notes in a song. Before the boys came, I was in the middle of writing another song for the school students to sing during the anniversary meetings. During the night last night, I thought of a song based on John 15 to write to the tune of “Constantly Abiding.” After the test, I gave them some new pieces for practicing left hand F and right hand G. Then they learned A in the treble staff and practiced an exercise that they will work on for that as well as a new little Bible song with A in it. After they left, I finished writing the song I had started. Then it was about time to start dinner - spaghetti today. Was thankful for a pretty good nap this afternoon. Most of the rest of the afternoon was spent making sure I had things ready to print and scan this evening for school next week. Just finished up a bunch of printing, photo-copying, and scanning. Daddy is in Bible school, and I need to get journal notes ready to send off to Christy and Connie. “7Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. 8All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. 9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” John 10:7-10

March 18. Praise the Lord for a lovely day today. When I got up this morning and saw blue sky, I thought, maybe we should wash clothes today while there is blue sky. One never knows what the weather will be tomorrow. There was no hurry though. We had our breakfast first -- warmed over pancakes -- and quiet time. Then I sorted the laundry, and Daddy started the generator. I was thankful for his help pulling the clothes out of the wash tub and also hanging them up. The sun was shining nicely when we went out to hang clothes, and it felt good to be out in the sunshine. Esau and Sosthenes were out there cutting firewood. Steve was supposed to help too, but he had gone to Pinata with Javin and the others. By the time we finished hanging out the clothes, I was tired. Had an early snack and went and lay down for a while. After my morning nap, I started writing the February progress report which was overdue. Daddy went out for a walk. Later I put the other piece of chicken on to cook for dinner and also a pot of rice. While those were cooking, Daddy noticed that the sky had turned gray and little rain drops were falling. So we went out to get the clothes in. We were thankful that most of them were dry. Bonita came later in the morning and asked about cleaning out the ditch out back. It did need cleaning, and most of the other ones did too so Daddy said to have her check all of them and clean them as needed. We had our lunch and afternoon nap. The sun was shining again when I got up from nap so I took advantage of that and went out to get some more sunshine. It was quite warm and humid out so didn’t stay out too long. Finished up the progress report and a couple e-mails, and got them sent off. “Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death.” John 8:51

March 19. Both of us slept in a little later this morning. There was no hurry to get up. We had done the laundry yesterday, and we were thankful that we did. Just because we have sun one day does not mean there will be sun the next day. Woke up to a rainy, cool, cloudy morning. Strong winds blew me out of bed a little after 5:00. I got up and shut windows that Daddy had opened for the night. After breakfast and quiet time, I tried doing a little walking. Then sat for a while in the recliner and finished Bible class lesson plans for the first week of the new term. After that, I went to the kitchen to bake – granola, and molasses ginger cookies. Yum! the cookies taste good. It has been a long time since we have had molasses so haven’t had any ginger cookies for ages. Of course, most of them are for Daddy, but I had to eat a couple while they were hot. That’s when they taste best. Daddy had brought another oven rack home from town too. It was too big for our oven, but he was able to cut it down with the hack saw. So with two oven racks now, we should be able to save more on the bottled gas. That will be a blessing. After everything was ready to bake and some was in the oven, Daddy turned on the generator for a half hour. So I got some music sheets scanned for keyboard class. Continued with other computer work after he shut off the generator. Then it was time for a stretch break -- a nice little walk out in the sunshine. Yes, the Lord sent some nice sunshine along later in the morning. Came inside and put away the cookies. The granola wasn’t quite cool enough yet. Had a little nap just before dinner. Dinner was leftovers and then back down for our regular daily nap. After nap, I cleaned the bathroom sink and toilet. Worked a while more at the computer. Then Daddy and I went out for another little walk. It was overcast, and the air was cool so I put my light jacket on. We went around and looked at some flowers and bushes that we would like to plant in the yard. Talked with Amos a bit - about the flowers and other things. He was out cutting grass on the hill behind his house. Came in and practiced keyboard for a while. The school students said they want to practice after lotu tomorrow morning. Then I relaxed in the recliner and got phonics lesson plans made for next week. Had supper and did dishes. There were lots of dishes since I did baking this morning. Now it is time to relax for the evening. “I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:54

March 16. Daddy let me sleep in until 7:00 this morning. That was a blessing. The weather was quite nasty - cold and rainy and windy. Mike had charge of lotu this morning. He did a good job teaching, using notes from his Bible school classes. I was thankful for Rebeka and Eren staying to sweep the meeting room floor. I was glad not to have to wash clothes today. I relaxed in the recliner and crocheted a bit. Changed the bed sheets. Started an e-mail to Christy and Connie. Got bread made and in the pans to rise. Sorted through peas that Daddy had gotten in town - a few of them had turned brown; and peeled some carrots. Put those on to cook for dinner. I was about to warm up leftovers when Jenny called to see how I was doing. So our dinner ended up being a little later than planned. And so did our nap. When I got up from nap, I had my bitter herbs and put the bread in the oven. Washed the chalkboard. Put some eggs on to boil for sandwiches for supper. (The wood stove was still going and wasn’t let out until late evening after our baths.) Then wrote more in C & C’s e-mail. I enjoyed the fresh bread for supper. After doing up the dishes, I cleaned the bathtub so it would be ready for our baths. “Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.” John 8:34 March 17. Was up quite a bit during the night so was pretty tired today. Took a little nap before dinner and a better nap afterward. The Lord gave us a pretty nice day today and more sunshine than we have had for a while. I wanted to go outside for a while this afternoon, but needed to wash my hair. Made pancakes and syrup for Daddy this morning and corn pancakes for myself with fruit syrup made from canned pears in fruit juice. After breakfast and quiet time, I wrote yesterday’s journal notes which I didn’t get a chance to do last night. Then got this month’s update written. There were 80-some in the meeting again this morning. Daddy preached on I Corinthians 7:32 to the end of the chapter in the first meeting and chapter 8:1-3 in the second meeting. He woke up feeling dizzy and weak this morning, but the Lord gave him strength to preach. He rested between meetings and felt a little better before the second meeting. During my rest periods in the recliner today, I finished up the baby afghan I had been working on. Phinehas and Dallas came this evening when Daddy turned on the generator so they could practice keyboard. Now people are here for soul-winning class. It is raining gently. Amos and Matthew have gone to Pinata with Javin. He got word that his mother passed away. “If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed.” John 8:36

March 14. It is going on 8:30. Has been a long day. Up early to do laundry. There was lots of it in the hamper since it hadn’t been done since the day Daddy left for town, but I only did two loads. Next week will be school holiday so I can do wash again the first part of the week and then again next Saturday. I was thankful for Daddy’s help in hanging them out. And for a few minutes to sit and relax and pray before going off to school. Daddy brought all the clothes in later in the morning because he thought we were going to get rain. In our bedroom, he hung up the ones that weren’t dry. They were mostly dry so didn’t take long to finish drying. In Bible class, we read a few verses in Exodus. Then spent the rest of the class singing. How these young people love to sing! It is so much fun to teach them new songs and a joy to hear them sing! We then had phonics class; and, after recess, had science so we could finish up the section we were close to finishing and have them take the test so it wouldn’t be left until after they came back to school. It was a pretty easy test, and they all got 100. We finished class around 11:30 which was nice. I had Bonita and Sunny stay and prepare some greens, sort out the plastic bags, and dig out the weeds which were getting quite tall under the house. Then we had our nap, and I was thankful for a pretty good nap today. Most of the afternoon was spent getting the rest of their grades averaged for the term. Made a pot pie for supper with the leftover chicken and veggies; and while supper was cooking, I started getting things together for the games tomorrow. Finished up that project after supper and dishes. Then sat down and started getting their report cards ready. Have one third of them done, but should have a little time in the morning to work on them if I don’t finish them this evening. I hope to have a bath soon. “28Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. 29And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.” John 8:28,29 March 15. No rain last night as far as I know. And no rain today, but the wood stove has been going all day. I was thankful when I got up from nap this afternoon to see a little bit of sunshine. I hurried up and had my bitter herbs and then went outside a few minutes to walk around and enjoy the sunshine. Made hot rice cereal for breakfast this morning. That’s usually our Thursday breakfast; but since we did laundry early yesterday morning, we decided to wait one day on the hot cereal. After breakfast and quiet time, I got a few more of the report cards ready to give the kids today. Had two left to finish after that so finished those up when the kids were having their refreshments. I didn’t let the kids in early this morning. I made them wait outside until 8:00 as I had some game stuff sitting around in the schoolroom. At 8:00, there were only four here so we waited a little while until a few more came. Then we prayed and started our fun day. Started with having them guess the number of items in a little bottle. Bonita won that one with the exact number - 38. So she got to take home the bottle and its contents. Then we went to 99 Frog. I had 99 questions for them to answer, some from each of their courses of study. They took turns throwing a frog into a bucket. If they succeeded in getting the frog in, they could draw a number to answer a question. We only did half the questions, and then felt it was time for another game. They added up their points, and Bethuel was the winner. Next we went to quoits. Sunny and Steve tied for first place. Esau won draw the tail on the pig, similar to pin the tail on the donkey. Graham and Dallas tied in the “find the word” game. On the table, we laid out flash cards with English words. I gave clues, and they took turns trying to find the word that fit the clues -- they had 5 seconds to guess. There was a four-way tie for “buttons in the tins” so those four had a play-off. Each of them had already won something so Bethuel, who won the play-off, got a small prize, and the big prize went to the next winner who was Phinehas. There were three different size tins, and they were given ten buttons to toss from a given line. They received one point for a button in the large tin, two points for the medium tin, and three for the small. After that we went back to 99 Frog and did the other 49 questions. Sosthenes was the winner. Everyone seemed to have a good time and each received a prize. For refreshments they had juice, lollipops, peanuts, and cookies. After everything was cleaned up, I called them one by one and gave them their report cards and a few words of encouragement. They all had done very well. Then we took pictures, and they all went home. It was nice to have an earlier lunch and nap. I was really tired after the busy morning and slept a longer nap without having to think about getting up and grading papers or getting lesson plans ready for school or anything like that. The students have a week holiday before we start our next term. This afternoon, after my nice little walk in the sunshine, I got things put away from this morning’s game time and looked through the mail that Daddy had brought home from town on Tuesday. Dallas and Phinehas were supposed to come between 3:00 and 4:00 for keyboard class, but they did not show up until 4:30. So I made keyboard class a bit short as I had to fix a supper, and Daddy had to be ready for Bible school this evening. It was already going on 6:00 before we sat down for supper so I was late getting dishes done this evening. There were lots of pots and pans, plus the cups and tray from the party refreshments this morning. “31Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed; 32And ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:31,32

March 12. I was thankful to see sunshine when I got up this morning. There were still lots of clouds, but no fog. There hasn’t been any fog at all this week. Before school this morning, I started writing another song to teach my school students so they will have another one to sing during the anniversary meetings. After doing our reading in Exodus this morning, we spent the rest of Bible class practicing music. Just about the end of class, we heard the plane coming so the kids took off for the airstrip to help Daddy. When I looked out the door, I saw fog on the approach. Where did that come from? It must have come from the other side of the mountain. It looked like the pilot may be able to find a hole though. Sure enough, he came through the fog with no problem. Oh, it was MAF. Just a few minutes behind him, though, was NTM. After all the cargo was brought down and carriers paid, we only had a half hour or less left for phonics class. So we just did one thing today - reading workbook. While they were doing their seatwork, Daddy came in so I went out to welcome him home. I was so thankful to have him back home again. It had been a long, hard week. I was really tired by the time school was finished, but didn’t sleep long at nap time. It was a hard day too. Some things Daddy needed help with putting away. I didn’t really do any of it until after nap. I am so thankful that Daddy had done quite a bit of it. After I loaded up the freezer, I sat in the recliner for a while and finished grading papers. Enjoyed an apple for my snack. Daddy ground up some rice for me as I had finished up my rice flour. We talked about hiring someone to do work once in a while since neither he nor I can do much strenuous work right now. It is really hard grinding the rice so he didn’t do the whole bag. He said he is feeling better today than he had been feeling in town however. Soon it was time to get supper. I cooked up a nice fat chicken breast and made gravy for it. Cooked the broccoli and a few of the carrots that Daddy had brought home. I had had rice all week for my main meals so didn’t really feel like rice again. Daddy had had spaghetti most of the week in town so he was tired of spaghetti. I wondered what I would cook to go with the chicken. Biscuits! That turned out to be the best thing. While dinner was still cooking, Phinehas and Dallas came to practice keyboard. Enjoyed hearing them practice while we were waiting for dinner and while we were eating. Then there were dishes to do -- thankfully not very many. By then I was ready to sit and relax again. So went to the recliner and crocheted for a little while. Then put water on to heat for bath. “38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 39(But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet given; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)” John 7:38,39 March 13. It poured and poured and poured during the night and was misty, drizzly, and foggy this morning. Soon the Lord sent us sunshine, however, for the rest of the morning. It was very humid though, and we figured more rain was on its way. Shortly after noon, the skies began to grow dark; the air became cold; and it wasn’t long before the rains came. Amos had charge of lotu. His text was Revelation 3:8. This afternoon, I was quite busy with grading and recording grades. Then I started figuring up grade averages for their report cards until I felt a migraine headache coming. Then I put things away, lay my head back, and closed my eyes until the lights passed. That is the first migraine I have had in a week or so. I was thankful there weren’t too many dishes this evening as I have a lot to do before Friday -- get report cards ready, and prepare games and refreshments. I also need to scan and print more music for Dallas and Phinehas. They are here now practicing keyboard. “….And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.” John 8:11b

March 10. The weather has been pretty much the same every day since Daddy left — overcast and cool. There was some drizzle today too. Mostly the Lord has been sending the rain during the night. The sun peeks through now and then in the daytime to say “hello.” It was about 8:00 when I went to bed last night — right after bath. Was ready to get up a little before 6:00 this morning. Got the fire going and breakfast warmed up. Then Tomas came down with his mobile so I could talk to Daddy. I was happy to talk to him. He won’t be able to come home until Tuesday because he hasn’t had transportation to get around town and finish the shopping. After talking with Daddy, I finished my breakfast and had quiet time. Am trying to do some walking exercises too so my legs don’t hurt so much. A bit later, Matthew came by with some questions about something he was going to be preaching on. Can’t remember what else I did until church time. It was already 10:30 before lotu started. Amos looked after the song service. I was feeling tired just about time for preaching to start, but was hungry too as I had had an early breakfast. So I went inside and warmed up my dinner (it was about 11:30). Then I lay down for my nap. I heard most of Matthew’s message while I was eating. He preached on The Works of the Flesh in Galatians 5. I don’t know what time it was when they started the second meeting, but heard Tomas preaching on justification in Romans 4. He seemed to be doing a pretty good job. “If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself.” John 7:17March 11. Same weather pattern today as we’ve been having. It has been almost a week since we have seen blue sky, except for a patch here and there, usually in the afternoon. There is a cold wind blowing again this evening. It was a little bit later when I went to bed last night — 8:30. Was up alittle before 6:00 this morning. Got the fire going. Had breakfast and quiet time. Did a little walking. Got the keyboard set up for school. When Sosthenes came for school, I asked him to bring in another box of firewood for me and put it in the wood box. Then we started school. Reviewed the Bible lesson and music lesson and then they took their test. It is the last test of the term. Tomorrow and Thursday we will practice music. No new lesson until next term. NTM came while we were having phonics class. Brought the drum of diesel, the LP, and a few other pieces of cargo. I didn't know they were going to bring cargo too. Didn’t really feel like handling it during the middle of school hours so asked the carriers if they would come back tomorrow and get their wages. Right after school, I warmed up my lunch, ate, and went for nap. Only slept about 45 minutes. That seemed to be enough. When I got up the sun was shining. It was rather windy, but I did so want to get out in the sun. I asked the Lord if He would calm the winds down for a little bit, and He did. Thank you, Lord. Went out and walked around for about 10 minutes. Then came in and washed my hair and washed out a few items of clothing I will need the next couple days before we do laundry again. Then it was time to sit down a while. The rest of the papers that needed to be graded were taken into the bedroom, along with a red pen, a pencil, the calculator, stickers, and the record book. Sat in the recliner, and finished up the grading. Then got things ready for school tomorrow. A man from Waisara came with a small bunch of ripe bananas. I was thankful for some fresh bananas. Had a little bit of cooked popo left over so cut up a banana in it to eat with my supper. Right after supper, I got the dishes done. Then relaxed in the recliner for a bit again and crocheted until it got too dark. Put water on to heat for my bath; and while it was heating, I refilled the big tea kettle and the big soup kettle with water. Bath is done, and it is time to relax at the computer for a little while. “He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.” John 7:18

March 8. I thank the Lord for giving us a little rain in the night each night. There hasn’t been much sunshine during the day though. It wasn’t as cool today, however, so I only kept the wood stove going until noon. Made myself a small batch of pancakes for breakfast. We finished our Bible lesson yesterday in Bible class so did the music lesson today. Then we practiced singing for a while. They want to sing a couple songs on the Lord’s Supper Sunday, and we started practicing one for the anniversary meetings. I need to find another one for them to sing then also. After my lunch, I got bread dough made up and into the pan to rise while I was waiting for Phinehas and Dallas to came back for keyboard class. It is exciting to see them making progress. It was going on 2:30 when they left, and I went right to nap. This afternoon, I cooked up a small bunch of greens which one of Matthew’s girls had brought to me. They will go with my dinner tomorrow. A boy also brought three eggs this afternoon. Thank you, Lord, for more eggs.March 9. Right after supper last night, I practiced keyboard until it got too dark to see. Then I had my bath; and right after bath, I went to bed. It was just a few minutes after 7:00. It had been a long, hard week; and I was quite tired out. I did not get up until a few minutes after 6:00 this morning. I felt a little better most of the morning after all that rest. Put some eggs on the wood stove to boil while I was eating breakfast.Lotu started about 7:30. Amos was in charge. He gave his message on John 15:1,2. After lotu, I asked if one of the ladies would like to sweep the meeting room. I was thankful for the help of Espina and Rebeka. Worked on lesson plans this morning and made a visual for “Heaven Is a Happy Place” so we can learn that in phonics class. Put a pot of rice and soup mix on the wood stove to cook while I was working on lessons. When I got up from nap, I was having more pain. Got my chlorella drink and went and sat in the recliner where I crocheted and prayed for a while. I was thankful that the pain settled down. Got up and cut up the rest of the popo. Ate half for snack and cooked the other half to go on the rest of my pancakes in the morning. Cleaned the bathroom sink, shelves, and toilet. Walked slowly around the schoolroom for a short while, and then decided to go walk around outside for a while. Even though there was no sunshine, it felt good to get out. Wrote yesterday’s journal notes and started on today’s. Then fixed and ate supper. After supper, I got the ashes cleaned out of the fire box, took them outside, and dumped them around the flowers. Got things ready to start the fire in the morning. Filled up the hand soap pump in the bathroom. Then did dishes. “68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 69And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God.” John 6:68,69

March 6. Have been very tired today. Have not slept well for the past two nights. Have been praying about what to do from here. Matthew was the only one who came on time for lotu this morning. He waited inside a while, and then went back out. I saw Amos come up from his house shortly after that, but he didn’t come right here. After a while, others were here, but they did not come inside. They hung around outside and talked and talked and talked. It was 7:40 before they came inside and started the meeting. In the mean time, I busied myself with folding clothes and finding some pictures that I needed for school. In his short message, Matthew talked about needing help in order to win. I can’t remember what his first text was now. Then he went to 2 Peter 1:5-10.

After my lunch, I finished grading papers and recorded grades. Then I had my nap. Put a pot of rice and soup beans on to cook for my supper. Added a can of carrots and a can of tuna. Phinehas and Wiru came around 4:30 and cut firewood until it started to get dark. They said they will cut more tomorrow. “I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.” John 6:51March 7. It was warm all night and warm when I got up this morning, so I did not start the fire. However, after a while, I saw that the sun was not going to shine. There was rain up and down river on the other side, and it was getting cool. So around 7:30, I got the fire going and kept it going the rest of the day until supper time. Now that I have let the fire go out, the wind is blowing and it is raining. Tomas came around 6:30 this morning with his mobile so I could talk to Daddy. After Tomas left, I finished my breakfast and quiet time. I was going to work on the February progress report, but discovered I had not copied over the new report file from the other computer. So I worked a little bit on another lesson until school time. Finished another lesson this afternoon and started a new one which I finished this evening. Dallas stayed and said his Bible verses after school. Then while I fixed my lunch and ate, he and Phinehas practiced keyboard. After I finished lunch, I graded papers and recorded grades. And shortly after the boys left, I had my nap. Phinehas and Wiru came back this afternoon to finish cutting the firewood they started cutting yesterday afternoon. I was glad they cut a bunch of fat ones. That helped me not to have to check and feed the fire so often. All together they filled 21 boxes of firewood. I had them fill up the big wood box for me. “63It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. 64But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. 65And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father.” John 6:63-65

March 4. The Lord gave us a partly sunny day, and very hot and humid this afternoon. We thought we were going to get rain, but so far no rain, except for a few sprinkles just before nap. Men worked on the airstrip today and finished cutting the grass that some had started cutting a couple weeks ago. But that isn’t all that needs to be done. The strip is very rough, and they need to get gravel and fill in the rough spots. After breakfast and quiet time this morning, I had to make sure everything was ready for school as I didn’t have time to do that last night. After that, I started writing an e-mail which I finished this afternoon along with a couple other e-mails. Right after school, Phinehas stayed and said his verses. And after nap, Steve came and said his verses. Steve did an excellent job. I only had to help him three times in the eleven verses. It has been a joy to see how he has been studying and learning his verses so well this year. I gave him an extra prize for doing so well on his verses today. Later in the afternoon, Phinehas and Dallas came by and practiced keyboard. I finished grading papers and recording grades. Then wrote e-mails before getting supper -- pumpkin and fish patties. Also put together the four multiplication table poster as they will start learning that times table later this week. “37All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. 38For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent me. 39And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. 40And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.” John 6:37-40 March 5. Last night we both went to bed early — about 9:30. We were both tired, but apparently I was not tired enough. Daddy went to sleep, but I lay awake for a loooong time. It was hard to get up this morning. Had to get up ‘n’ at ‘em however as there was lots to do before Daddy took off for town. The Lord sent us rain during the night, but the morning dawned clear and fogless. The plane could have gotten in at 6:00 if the pilot had wanted to. But it was a little after 12:30 before the plane arrived here, and somewhere around 1:00 before they were headed for town. The first order of business this morning was sorting the laundry. As soon as I got it sorted, Daddy started the generator. While clothes were washing, I got my breakfast and had quiet time. Daddy helped me hang out the clothes. After that, I tried to do a little walking and praying, but was having too much pain. So I relaxed in the recliner and prayed. Then I wrote one more quick e-mail so Daddy could pack the computer up to take to town. Then helped Daddy make sure he had everything he needed for his trip to town. When all was ready, it was still not even 9:00. I got Saturday’s laundry folded, and practiced keyboard for about an hour. After that, I felt really tired so took a nap. Felt a lot better after I got up. Daddy helped me put up the other curtain I had fixed for the meeting room. Warmed up some dinner for the two of us. When we finished eating, Daddy got the fire ready to start in the morning so it was a blessing that I didn’t have to do that this afternoon. Then it was almost time for the plane so Daddy called in the boys who were waiting outside and had them carry his things up to the airstrip. After he left, I finished trimming up the report cards I had printed Sunday evening. They needed a little trimming so they would fit in the envelopes. Then I made sure everything was in order for classes tomorrow. After nap, I tried doing a little cleaning. Couldn’t do anything strenuous, but brushed all the dust and cobwebs off the wood stove and dusted out the inside of its oven too. Then I swept the kitchen floor. Phinehas and Dallas came to practice keyboard. David came in during that time with a question. Amos turned the generator on around 6:35. It is 9:30 now. We had choir practice, and it went pretty well. I had Amos turn off the generator as soon as everyone had left, around 8:55. Then I had my bath. “44No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day. 45It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. 46Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. 47Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life.” John 6:44-47

March 1 & 2. I never did get to write in my journal last night. I thought maybe I could get to it this morning, but this morning was too busy too. Yesterday (the 1st) was a somewhat frustrating day. We were thankful that it wasn’t quite as cold yesterday, although it was still chilly, and Daddy kept the fire going all day again. I think the high yesterday was around 70º. After our lunch today, Phinehas and Dallas came for keyboard class. They are both doing quite well and becoming more comfortable at the keyboard. Most of the rest of the day (after nap), I worked hard to get the soul-winning lesson finished so I could print it out in the evening. Worked on it a bit before school, and then in the afternoon instead of grading papers. I figured I could grade papers Monday since I thought there would be no school. But now I’ll have to try to get them done tomorrow. As soon as the generator came on yesterday evening, I was ready to start printing. But the printer would not print. What was wrong? There didn’t seem to be a problem with the Brother printer. Okay, I’ll try the Canon. Same thing. It wouldn’t print. For some reason the computer did not seem to be communicating with the printer. Well, let’s see, I’ll transfer the files to the acer and print from there. Same thing. It wasn’t communicating either. What in the world could be wrong? I’ll try scanning. If the scanner works, then we’ll know that the printer works. It scanned with no problem. A half hour had already been wasted trying to make things work. While Daddy was waiting for the men to arrive for Bible school, he tried doing some trouble shooting. But he could not get any answers. It was very disheartening as we needed the lessons printed for Sunday night, and I have lots of school lessons to print too. After Daddy went off to Bible school, a thought occurred to me. Had an e-mail or something corrupted word? The document I was trying to print was in word. Or was there something else that made Microsoft word stop communicating with the printer? Maybe I can try printing from Publisher and see if that will work. So the next little while I spent transferring the word document to Publisher. This was Daddy’s copy of the soul-winning lesson. Then I set up the student copy of the lesson with blanks to be filled in. It is already a Publisher document, but had to be copied from the teacher file and highlighted words changed to blanks. I also usually add pictures. That was another frustration. I hunted through various flash drives and CD’s, but could not find the pictures I was looking for. I finally just left it as it was and turned the Brother printer on again to see if the Publisher file would print. It did. Praise the Lord! I got Daddy’s copy of the lesson printed out and a student copy for myself so I could proofread it before printing out the students’ copies. By then it was already late. Daddy said he would leave the generator on until 10:00 if that would help. But I still had to proofread before doing any more printing. Could he run the generator again the next evening? Yes, he would do that. We finally went to bed, very tired out. Up early this morning, thankful to the Lord for a new day, a clean page in history. It was lotu morning and also laundry morning. I usually sort out laundry before eating and having quiet time, but this morning I did things the other way around. By the time all was done, people were here for lotu. Daddy had Matthew lead the singing and take prayer requests this morning, and Daddy finished his talk on the Lord’s prayer which he had started some time ago. I only did two loads of laundry today, and I will do another couple loads on Tuesday morning before Daddy goes to town. It was better to shorten the laundry job this morning so I could work on other things that needed to be done. While things were washing, I got clean sheets put on the bed, ingredients together for granola, and a start of things for bread. There was something really yucky in the bag of oats that I dumped into the pan for granola - something gray that was caked with flour and oats. It didn’t seem to have much of any bad smell, but it turned my stomach a bit to see that clump in the oats. I quickly removed it to the garbage can. This was our last bag of oats. Now what shall we do? What was the thing? Is it safe to use the oats for granola? They didn’t look or smell bad now that the yucky thing was disposed of. We didn’t have anything else to make granola out of. Maybe if we cook it longer than usual, that will kill any germs that might be in it. I also put peanuts from one tray away in a flour bag (they were already dry) and put the other two trays out in the sun. We were very thankful for some sun this morning although there was still a light overcast. Between the sun and the wind, the clothes got dry by noon. Daddy went out and brought things in while I was getting dinner warmed up. After hanging out the clothes, with Daddy’s help, I finished getting the bread mixed up and in the pan to rise. Then I went to the computer for the rest of the morning. Had to get the student Bible lesson ready for this coming week of school and also get another music lesson made. Those were printed out this evening, as well as the soul-winning lessons. So we are thankful that much is done. I still have other school materials that need to be printed or photo-copied for this coming week, but can work on some of that tomorrow evening. Before dinner, Daddy got the rest of the pumpkin cut up, and I peeled that and put it in a pan to cook for dinner. We had leftover rice to go with it. At dinner time, the bread was ready to go into the oven so started that cooking while we were eating. After it was done, the granola had to be cooked. So I looked over the tax forms that Daddy has ready to send off and put my John Hancock on them. Then worked more on lessons until the granola was done. It was 2:00 when we went for nap. Enjoyed a good nap, and afterward, it was back to the computer again. Also got the bread and granola put away. The other two trays of peanuts that had been out in the sun for the morning were also ready to be put into the flour bag with the others. After supper and dishes, I cleaned the bathroom before getting busy with printing. Now it is 8:30 - time for snack and then bath. “5And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight years. 6When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, Wilt thou be made whole? 7The impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me. 8Jesus saith unto him, Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 9And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked: and on the same day was the sabbath.” John 5:5-9 March 3. Almost 8:30 p.m. Daddy is out in the meeting room teaching soul-winning class. I did not help this evening as I had tons of printing to do. I am thankful that I have gotten that all done. I am hoping that, tomorrow evening, I can get e-mails written and Daddy can send them when he goes to town. The Lord gave us a beautiful, sunny Sunday morning. I only fixed enough pancakes for today and tomorrow since the freezer won’t be running all week while Daddy is gone so no way to keep extras from spoiling. So I got done a little earlier than usual making breakfast. While pancakes were cooking, I got the chalkboard washed, the pulpit dusted off, the books covered. After eating breakfast, having quiet time, doing a little walking, I punched holes in the new soul-winning lessons which Daddy had collated. Also corrected the students’ math books so I could put them back in the cupboard, and trimmed the new Bible and music lessons for the school students, punched holes in them, and put them in their folders. Put the folders back in the school cupboard and locked up the cupboard. After that, I worked on more pages that I would need to print this evening. People started coming really early for lotu - some even came at 9:30. This was rather unusual. After a while, we found out that Matthew and Amos, after they finished early morning public preaching, had gone around and told people to come early for lotu. Daddy had told Matthew yesterday that his message would probably be longer today so he hoped people would come early. Daddy wanted to give the people some Scriptures to help them understand why the teaching that is going around this country saying that 666 has arrived is false teaching. The Lord brought a good group out this morning - 80 plus. Part way through the song time this morning, my vision starting going like it did the other day. So I went the the kitchen, grabbed a handful of almonds, and went and sat in the recliner until the vision cleared up. Then I went back to the meeting room. Daddy actually finished the first meeting early, around 11:45. So we had our lunch early. A lot of people were sleeping between meetings. Daddy rested a while, and I worked on grading the rest of the school papers and workbooks that hadn’t been done yet. Daddy continued his talk during the second meeting. It was going on 3:00 before we lay down for nap. After nap, it was back to the computer to get things finished up for printing. Before we lay down for nap, the weather was still nice and sunny and warm. When we got up about 45 minutes later, we noticed that someone had "stolen" the sunshine while we were sleeping. :-) Soon the rain began to fall. The Lord sent us quite a hard rain this evening while Daddy was teaching soul-winning class. He had to stop for a while during the middle of the teaching as the rain was too loud on the roof.

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Owena Saints to Pray For

Apekio and Family Apekio is full of joy over her salvation. Her husband, Daniel, was also recently saved. Praise the Lord! Please continue to pray for Apekio's children to be saved.

Devit and Family Devit and Silvia have often ben an encouragement to Dad and Mom. Thank God for this and pray that they will remain strong in the Lord.

Doesn't Erik look very happy about his salvation?

Erik and Family Please continue to pray for Erik and his family.

Matyu A Matyu A was recently saved. Pray that he will grow in the Lord and become a strong servant for Jesus.

Matyu Y Matyu Y was also recently saved. Pray that he will grow and be a good testimony for the Lord.

Erisa Erisa is a young Christian with many questions. Thank God for her enquiring heart. And please pray for her to have a clear understanding of spiritual things and a steady growth in the Lord. Also, please pray for her husband, Anevina, to be right with the Lord and to be a leader in the home.

Jevin and Family,including

their baby, Judy, Mom's namesake.

Maura This young lady was recently baptized. Thank the Lord. Please pray for her continued growth in the Lord.

Betty is a new Christian. Please pray for her to grow in the Lord and be strong in Him.

Please Pray For

The spiritual needs of the Owena people. Many of them still do not know the Lord Jesus as their Saviour.

There are many children in Owena. Who will go help reach them for Jesus? Will you?